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Author SHA1 Message Date
Pam Selle c1ede28a15 Update docstring for ignore-remote-version
Update docstring for ignore-remote-version to be more accurate,
as it's not whether the versions differ, but if they are incompatible
2021-01-27 15:40:00 -05:00
James Bardin 1c58c6ba48 command staticcheck 2020-12-02 13:59:19 -05:00
Alisdair McDiarmid c5c1f31db3 backend: Validate remote backend Terraform version
When using the enhanced remote backend, a subset of all Terraform
operations are supported. Of these, only plan and apply can be executed
on the remote infrastructure (e.g. Terraform Cloud). Other operations
run locally and use the remote backend for state storage.

This causes problems when the local version of Terraform does not match
the configured version from the remote workspace. If the two versions
are incompatible, an `import` or `state mv` operation can cause the
remote workspace to be unusable until a manual fix is applied.

To prevent this from happening accidentally, this commit introduces a
check that the local Terraform version and the configured remote
workspace Terraform version are compatible. This check is skipped for
commands which do not write state, and can also be disabled by the use
of a new command-line flag, `-ignore-remote-version`.

Terraform version compatibility is defined as:

- For all releases before 0.14.0, local must exactly equal remote, as
  two different versions cannot share state;
- 0.14.0 to 1.0.x are compatible, as we will not change the state
  version number until at least Terraform 1.1.0;
- Versions after 1.1.0 must have the same major and minor versions, as
  we will not change the state version number in a patch release.

If the two versions are incompatible, a diagnostic is displayed,
advising that the error can be suppressed with `-ignore-remote-version`.
When this flag is used, the diagnostic is still displayed, but as a
warning instead of an error.

Commands which will not write state can assert this fact by calling the
helper `meta.ignoreRemoteBackendVersionConflict`, which will disable the
checks. Those which can write state should instead call the helper
`meta.remoteBackendVersionCheck`, which will return diagnostics for
display.

In addition to these explicit paths for managing the version check, we
have an implicit check in the remote backend's state manager
initialization method. Both of the above helpers will disable this
check. This fallback is in place to ensure that future code paths which
access state cannot accidentally skip the remote version check.
2020-11-19 13:19:40 -05:00
Alisdair McDiarmid 52d64127f7 website: Add docs for state replace-provider 2020-04-23 11:41:57 -04:00
Alisdair McDiarmid 7165d6c429 command: Add state replace-provider subcommand
Terraform 0.13 will allow the installation of providers from various
sources. If a user updates their configuration to change the source of
an in-use provider (for example, if the provider namespace changes),
they will also need to update the state file accordingly.

This commit introduces a new `state replace-provider` subcommand which
supports this. All resources using the `from` provider will be updated
to use the `to` provider.
2020-04-02 08:15:52 -04:00